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@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ <h4>Share This StoryMap</h4>
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-      <p class="note">You can put this link on a line by itself to embed your storymap on <a href="https://medium.com">Medium.com</a> <a href="http://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2016/06/15/knight-lab-tools-now-embeddable-on-medium/"><i class="icon-question-sign icon-large"></i></a></p>
+      <p class="note">You can put this link on a line by itself to embed your storymap on <a href="https://medium.com">Medium.com</a> <a href="http://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2016/06/15/knight-lab-tools-now-embeddable-on-medium/" target="_blank"><i class="icon-question-sign icon-large"></i></a></p>
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